Toe-lasting mechanism.



M. BBOGK. TOE LASTING MECHANISM. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 19, 1912.

1,066,377, I I Patented July 1, 1913.

4 SHEETS-181E331 1.

COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH 60.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

M. BROOK.

' TOE LASTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION rum: MAR. 19, 1912.

Patented July 1, 1913.

M. BROOK.

TOE LA'STING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION rmm MAR.19, 1912.

Patented July 1, 1913. v

1 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

M. BROGK. TOE LASTING MECHANISM. APPLICATION minnmn. 19, 1912.

Patented July'l, 1913. 4 4 snnnTiHnEL-T 4 M/mvzssrs:

NOaRAPl-l c0 srArns rarnnr onrio.

IVEAT'IHIAS BROOK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORF TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TOE-LASTING MECHANISM.

noecsw.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1, 1913.

Application filed March 19, 1912.. Serial No. 684,712.

-Massachusctts, have invented certain Improvements in Toe-Lasting Mechanisms, of wlnch the following descriptlon, 1n connection with the accompanying drawings, is:

a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to lasting machines of the bed type and has for its object to improve the toe lasting mechanism andas sociated parts of the machine.

Experience has demonstrated that many shapes of shoes can be lasted satisfactorily with toe wipers whichare positioned with one side uppermost for the right shoe and are inverted to present the other side uppermostfor the left shoe. It has been proposed in prior Patent No. 1,028,990, issued June 11, 1912, on an application filed June 6, 1910 in the name of Louis M. Brown to remove wipers from their carriers and transpose and invert them for the purpose of using them on right and left shoes. This procedure involves some delay in the use of themachine, frequently requires the employment of tools to loosen and again tighten the wipers and demands a special construction of the wiper carrier and of the attaching portion of the wiper. In my prior application Ser. No. 597,055, filed Dec. 10, 1910, I have shown toe embracing and shaping plates in the nature of lasting plates or wipers which are mounted in an invertible head or holder for use with right and left shoes and have therein claimed that invention broadly;

The object of this present invention, which is shown as embodied in a toe lasting mechanism like that shown in my prior United States Patent No. 1,018,477, dated Feb. 27, 1912, is to provide an improved invertible mounting for the toe wipers, putting the inventive ideas .of said prior cases into the best practical form.

The invention further comprises novel means for locking the Wiper holder which permits the usual adjustments of the wipers found desirable in a toe vlasting mechanism; means for moving the toe rest out of the path followed by the wiper holder while the holder isbeing. inverted, said means preferably operating automatically and servlng also to return the toe rest to and maintain it in its operative position; means for adjusting the toe rest automatically for sizes of the same style of lasts, and improved means for adjusting the toe rest with relation'to its usual operating mechanism for variations m'the thickness of the. toes of different styles of lasts.

Another feature of the invention is found in a novel construction of toe wipers whereby they are adapted more effectively to work the upper up the sides of the last and to lay it over the last edge free fro-m wrinkles. Thls wiper has a very thin acting edge above and back of whichis a wall against which the upper may bepressed and frictionally' held by a toe spreader. The thin edge eliminates opportunity for the formation of wrinkles between the lower and the upper faces of the wiper; The wiper, because it is-intended to be invertible, is made with in connection with the accompanying drawings and will then be pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a side view of a lasting machine embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view. of the toe head. Fig. 4 is a similar view with parts removed and broken away to show the toe rest swinging mechanism. Fi 5 is a similar perspective showing the toe rest adjusting means and illustrating the use of the new toewipers. Fig. 6 is a sectional view illustrating the use of the toe wipers. Fig. 7 is a detail to be referred to.

The portions of the machine intended for operating at theheel end of the shoe will preferably be like the disclosure in my prior Patent No. 1,018,47 7

The frame 1 supports the toe lasting head for movement vertically by the treadle 2 and excess pressure lever 3 having the pawl and'ratchet, as shown, by which to lock the wipers'nnder pressure in toe ironing down Fig. 3 is a perspective view combinations of parts will now'be described position'over the shoe bottom. A slide 4 is adjustable lengthwise by the usual screw and hand wheel 6 on the table that constiadjustment positions the toe lasting mechanism for long and short shoes relatively to the heel lasting mechanism which occupies a constant operative position for all sizes of shoes. The slide 4 bears a segmental guiding rib 8 which is T shaped in cross section and is curved about a center in a pivot pin 10. Upon this pivot pin is mounted a block 12 which has a guideway for the rib 8 by which it is held rigidly down and pre vented from canting. An adjusting screw with a hand wheel 14 is used to position the block 12 and the toe lasting devices and their operating mechanism carried by it in desired angular relation horizontally about the axis of pin 10 for the crookedness of the right or left last that may be in the machine. From the block 12 rise arms between which, see Figs. 1 and 3, is pivoted at 15 on a transverse axis the carriage 16 that supports the toe lasting devices. An upright screw rod i 18 with a crank handle connects the rear-end of the carriage with a rigid arm that extends backwardly from the block 12 and the screw rod is used to adjust the carriage and lasting devices vertically about the transverse axis formed in the pivot 15.

The carriage 16 has a long cylindrical bearing in which can turn the stem of an invertible wiper holder 20, see Fig. 4. The front portion of this holder is a rectangular box-like structure within which are supported and guided the wipers 22 and their operating mechanism which is shown best in Fig. 2. This operating mechanism comprises wiper carriers 24 in which the wipers are removably held by clamps such as 23 in Fig. 3, said carriers having cam slot-s 25 into which project studs fixed to the underlying plate of the holder. The carriers 24 are connected by links to the cross-head of an operating rod as usual, the rear end of which rod is suitably connected to a handled lever 29 of the second class whereby lever movement will advance and retract the wipers in paths determined by the cam slots 25. The carriage 16 has a lateral arm 17 in which is threaded a handled rod 30 carrying a barrel shaped block 32 having a circumferential groove and the end portions of which are tapered outwardly from the groove toward the rod. The wiper holder has at either side a rearwardly projecting spring bolt 34 and that one of the bolts on the side adjacent to the block enters the groove in the block and thereby locks the invertible wiper holder from turning on the axis of its stem except as it is adjusted by rotation of the threaded rod 30 which can be turned to effect adjustment of the wipers about the longitudinal axis of the head for transverse inclinations of difierent shoe bottoms. This adjustment, like that about the transverse axis 15 and about the upright axis 10, can be made with the invertible wiper holder 20 and its wipers either side up and without disturbing the locking means 34 for said holder.

The toe is sustained for lasting upon a rest which for the best results is located under a portion of the shoe acted upon by the wipers 22. There is not clearance for the wiper holder and wipers to turn over for inverting the wipers without interference with the toe rest while the latter occupies its operative position. The holder '42 for the rest is therefore pivoted at 43 to the slide 4 so that the head of the rest can tip toward the heel when it will be out of the way of the wipers when the wiper holder is turned over. Another advantage in so .mounting the toe rest that it can tip is that the rest may follow with the shoe and, by swinging downward, relieve its contact with the shoe in the usual unj acking operation in- .stead of compelling the shoe to drag over it. I The above described novel arrangement permits tipping of the toe rest but prefer- Eably means is employed to effect this turning and .a restoration of the toe rest automatically with the inversion of the wiper holder. Therefore the rest holder 42 has a lateral stud 44 engaged by a sliding latch 45 {yieldingly held by a spring 46 in a block 48 that projects laterally from a slide bar 50. This slide bar has pin and slot connections at 52, 53 with the toe head block 12 and the plate 4. On the rear end of the bar is a post 55 operatively connected with a cylinzdrical cam 56 that is on a short shaft which has bearing in the block 12 and carries a pinion 58. This meshes with a pinion 60 that is carried on a shaft 62 geared at its left hand end to the stem 20 of the wiper holder. Through this connection the cam pushes the toe rest forwardly for the wipers to pass it and then draws it back again to operative position. To permit the lateral adjustment of block 12 and the parts carried by it, including the cam 56, about pivot 10 by the hand wheel 14 without disturbing the latch 45 and block 48, the connection from the slide bar 50 to the cam is made through a head block 63 that slides freely forwardly and backwardly by its stem and has a slot to receive the post 55 and a stud which stands in the cam groove.

The foot 65 of the toe rest stem is curved on its lower side to facilitate the tipping of the rest. This foot is connected, as usual, to the stem by screw threads permitting adjustment to the right height to support the particular thickness of last under the wipers. It is inconvenient to reach this foot to make the adjustments and therefore a properly inclined support 70, Fig. 5, for the toe rest foot is herein provided for making the adjustment of the toe rest automatically as the toe head is adjusted forwardly and backwardly relatively thereto by the hand wheel 6. It is important to prevent the foot 65 from turning and getting off its S11} port and the support is therefore provide with a guiding groove 72 for the foot. Furthering elevations required for diiferent thick' nesses of different styles of lasts. This adjustment is provided by furnishing the support with a stem threaded in a beveled gear wheel 78that is confined in the block 7 The block also has bearing for a hand wheel shaft 80 that carries a beveled gear meshing with the one marked 7 8 and through which shaft the lasting machine operator can easily, and without soiling his hands with machine grease that would disfigure light colored shoes, make the required adjustment of the toe rest for the style of last to be operated with.

The wipers 22 prefer-ably are formed with a thin operating edge from whichthe surface slopes back for a short distance to a wall 86 against which the upper materials can be gripped by a spreader 9(). The invertible wiper shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is made with upper and lower operating edges 85 separated by a V or U shaped recess into which the spreader crowds the upper. This construction of wiper permits the spreader to hold the upper free from wrinkles more close to the acting edge than does any other wiper of which I am aware whereby greater certainty is obtained that the toe of the shoe will be smoothly lasted. Also the recess adjacent the gripping wall 86 permits a folding in of the stock by the spreader which is very eflective in securing a tightly lasted toe. If the wiper is not to be inverted the upper edge or lip 85, Fig. 6, is simply omitted, leaving the wall 86 higher. 1

Having described my invention, what I claim'as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A lasting machine having, in combination, toe wipers, an invertible holder therefor, means for eifecting angular adjustment of the wipers about the longitudinal axis of the shoe for adapting them to the transverse inclination of the last bottom, and means associated with said holder and said adjusting means to lock the holder in in '3 A lasting machine having, in combina-.

tion, toe wipers, an invertible holder therefor having a stem, a support in which the stem is mounted to turn for inverting the wipers, an adjusting screw rod threaded in the support, a block on the rod having a locking recess, and a locking bolt on each side of the holder adapted to cooperate with the block to secure the holder in inverted position and transmit adjusting movement from the rod to the holder.

l. A lasting machine having, in combination, toe wipers, an invertible holder therefor, a shoe supporting device normally occupying a position in the path followed by the holder while being inverted, and mountings permitting displacement of the shoe supporting device from said path while the holder is being inverted.

5. A lasting machine having, in combination, toe wipers, an invertible holder therefor, a shoe supporting device normally occupying a position in the path followed by the holder while being inverted, and means for moving the shoe supporting device out of said path and back again.

6. A lasting machine having, in combina' tion, toe wipers, an invertible holder therefor, a shoe supporting device normally occupying a position in the path followed by the holder while being inverted, and means for automatically moving the shoe supporting device out of the path followed by the holder while the holder is being inverted.

7. A lasting machine having, in combination, toe wipers, an invertible holder there for, a shoe supporting device normally occupying a position in the path followed by the holder while being inverted, and connections between the holder and said device whereby the latter is moved by the holder out of the path of the holder and back again.

8. A lasting machine having, in combina-' tion, toe wipers, an invertible holder therefor, a shoe supporting device normally occupying a position in the path followed by the holder while being inverted, and connections wherethrough the holder is made totip the supporting device toward the heel while the holder passes it.

9. A lasting machine having, in combination, toe wipers, an invertible holder therefor, a shoe supporting device normally occupying a position in the path followed by the holder while beinginverted, a mounting for said device permitting it to tip toward the heel, a cam for so tipping the said device, and an operating connection from the cam to the holder. i

10. A lasting machine having, in combination, toe wipers, a toe rest, supporting means for the wipers and rest arranged to permit. the rest to have a bodily swinging move merit backwardly and downwardly to lower isothe shoe as it is withdrawn from the wipers.

. 11. A lasting machine having, in combination, toe wipers, a toe rest, supporting means for the wipers and rest, a sleeve holder pivoted to the supporting means and in i which the rest is movable up and down, and

means acting toward the wipers for yieldingly holding the sleeve in upright position and permitting the rest to swing downwardly and backwardly away from the wipers.

12. Alasting machine having, in combination, toe wipers, a toe rest, supporting means for the wipers and rest, a sleeve holder pivoted to the supporting means and in which the rest is movable up and down, and means operating to tip the said sleeve holder to move the rest forth and back from and toward the wipers.

13. A lasting machine having, in combination, toe wipers, a toe rest, supporting means for the wipers and rest, a sleeve holder connected to the supporting means and in which the rest is movable up and down, a wedge extending lengthwise of the machine and over which the rest is adjusted together with the wipers for adaptation of the machine for different sizes of shoes, said wedge being suitably inclined to adjust the rest automatically relatively to the wipers for the variation in thickness of the last which is incident to the variation in size for which longitudinal adjustment of the wipers is made.

14. A lasting machine having, in combination, toe wipers, a toe rest, supporting means for the wipers and rest, a foot adjustable in the rest for varying its height, a wedge having a groove in which said foot is restrained from turning, and means for adjusting said support-ing means together with the foot along the wedge for positioning the wipers and rest for sizes of shoes.

15. A lasting machine having, in combination, toe wipers, a toe rest, supporting means for the wipers and rest, a lifting block for raising the rest relatively to the said supporting means, said block having a rest sustaining member movable in it and means for adjusting the sustaining member.

16. A lasting machine having, in combination, toe wipers, a toe rest, supporting means for the wipers and rest, a lifting block for raising the rest relatively to the said supporting means, and a hand wheel shaft extending from the block to the exterior of the machine and adapted for operation to adjust the rest vertically with relation to said block.

17 In a toe lasting machine the combination with the slide 4 of the wiper supporting block 12, the pivotal connection 10 between said block and slide, the T-shaped tongue and groove connection 8 between said block and slide, and the hand wheel 14 and a threaded rod connecting the block and slide for effecting lateral angular adjust mentof the block and lasting devices upon the slide.

18. In a toe lasting machine the combination with the supporting head 16 of the wiper holder 20 having a stem rotatable in the head, the adjusting screw rod 30 threaded in a part ofthe head 16, the recessed block 32 on the rod, and the retractable looking bolt 34 carried by the holder and engaging the block.

19. In a toe lasting machine the combination with the slide 4, the toe rest, and the pivotal connection 42, 43 between the slide and rest, of the support 16 on the slide, the wiper holder 20 having a stem rotatable in the support, the cam 56 and the driving connections from the holder stem to the cam and from the cam to the rest for moving the rest from the holder.

20. In a toe lasting machine the combination with the slide 4, the sleeve 42 pivoted thereto, the toe rest 40 movable endwise in the sleeve, the lifter for upholding the rest, the spring 46 normally holding the sleeve in upright position and a foot on the rest engaging the lifter and having a curved lower face to facilitate movement about the pivotal connection of the sleeve to the slide.

21. In a toe lasting machine the combination with the toe rest 40 and the hand wheel 6 and connections for adjusting the rest forwardly and backwardly, of the grooved wedge 70 upon which the rest slides and is confined against lateral displacement in such adjustments and by which it is raised antomatically for small shoes and lowered for large ones. I

22. In a toe lasting machine the combination with the toe rest 40, the lifter 7 5 therefor, the rest sustainer 70, the pinion 7 8 threaded on said sustainer and confined in the lifter and the hand wheel shaft extending to the exterior of the machine and having driving connections with said pinion.

23. In a toe lasting mechanism, a toe rest for the last, toe embracing wipers having thin acting edges and vertical abutment walls rigid therewith and located above and back of but closely adjacent to said thin edges, combined with a toe spreader having an edge shaped to clamp the upper against said vertical abutment walls and means for raising the wipers relatively to the shoe to draw the upper upward about the toe of the last.

24. In a toe lasting mechanism a toe wiper 22 having the thin operating edge from which the top surface extends back for a short distance, and the wall 86 having a permanent relation to said operating edge at the end of said top surface and against which the upper can be clamped.

25. In a toe lasting machine, invertible wipers for right and left toes and operating mechanism therefor, each wiper having upper and lower thin operating edges to be used alternatively and separated by a space to present anabutment wall against which the upper may be clamped when the wipers are used either side uppermost, and a toe spreader having a thin edge and adapted to cooperate with the described formation of the wipers.

26. In a toe lasting machine, a wiper support in which a toe wiper can be inverted by rotation about an axis extending lengthwise of the shoe, an invertible toe wiper 22 adapt ed to be turned in the support about said aXis for use with right and left shoes and having the two thin operating edges 85, one above the other and from each of which a narrow surface extends back to a wall 86 against which and the lower of said narrow surfaces the upper may be clamped to facilitate drawing the upper free from wrinkles over the toe, said operating edges 85 and wall 86 having a permanent relation to each other during the lasting operation.

27. In a toe lasting machine, an invertible toe Wiper 22 adapted for use with right and left shoes and having a thickened front marginal portion formed with upper and lower thin acting edges rigidly connected together and separated by a recess into which the upper may be forced to facilitate drawing the upper free from wrinkles over the toe.

28. In a toe lasting mechanism the combination with an invertible wiper holder of the wipers 22 each having upper and lower operating edges 85 separated by a vertical abutment wall located back of said edges and by a recess having a height to permit the upper to be forced thereinto and clamped against the abutment wall.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 40 two subscribing witnesses.

MATTHIAS BROCK.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR L. RUssnLL, WILLIAM B. KING.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 

